Our own Mel Ó Cinnéide had an article published on chess.com recently about how AlphaZero went from learning chess one day to hammering the strongest computer programme in the world 28-0 the next day; it’s worth a read to get a view on literally one of the most incredible chess results of all time. There’s a part 2 on the way shortly.

The Olympiad is only on day 2, but already we have what looks like the best ever result for an Irish player, with Alex Baburin GM drawing against France’s Maxime Vachier-Lagrave GM, the world number 2.